Sega style Pro stock Series
Oh no, I really wish your car could run with us—it’d be awesome to have a Hornet out there, and we definitely need more guys jumping in. But yeah, the transmission would be a challenge. At minimum, it’d have to be a Lenco or a Doug Nash.
One of the main issues I’ve run into talking with other guys is that there’s just nowhere to really run these earlier-than-’74 cars. A lot of the faster stuff has kind of split the field, and unfortunately, the rest of these cars didn’t have a proper place to land. So if we’re going to split things up anyway, we might as well do it SEGA-style and give them a real home.
I understand SEGA style series for what it is, and have a good friend that races a fast Pontiac in the SEGA group.
By 1974 Pro Stock cars were panel built, tube chassis, Lenco cars, and had a lot of go.
For me there is no way I would skimp on a roll cage, or the funny car cage around my head to be period correct. Not allowing a modern roll cage is senseless to me.
I am also very happy with my safe plastic fuel cell, and my NHRA required SFI approved wheels. I have a lot of Cragar Super Tricks, but I would never use them on a really fast car.
Regardless of what you run in that group the safety of the driver, drivers, and the crowd has to be the first priority. Period correct does not address this in today's World.
One suggestion I would make to your series is the mandatory requirement of 35-spline axles, real spools, and period correct or not 5/8" studs in the axles.
No track operator wants a group in that blows a rearend out, oils down the track, or shears a wheel off to slow their program down.
I admire your efforts in trying to start a new group.
Tom